Cyphoma | |
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A live individual of Cyphoma gibbosum, anterior end at the top | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Subfamily: | Simniinae |
Genus: | Cyphoma Röding, 1798[1] |
Type species | |
Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Pseudocyphoma Cate, 1973 |
Cyphoma is a genus of predatory tropical sea snails, a taxonomic group of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, a family which is sometimes known as the false cowries or cowry allies.